Mixed species enclosures and other changes for Burgers Zoo

So then the water species are:

True big-scale tetra (Brycinus macrolepidotus)
Peters elephantnose fish (Gnathonemus petersii)
Redbelly tilapia (Coptodon zillii)
Konye (Konia eisentrauti)
Azureus cichlid (Copadichromis azureus)
Angolan tilapia (Oreochromis angolensis)
Aurora cichlid (Maylandia aurora)
Bumblebee cichlid (Pseudotropheus crabro)
Pindu (Stomatepia pindu)
Red top Ndumbi cichlid (Pseudotropheus spec.)
Congo tetra (Phenacogrammus interruptus)
Kenyi cichlid (Maylandia lombardoi)
Electric yellow cichlid (Labidochromis caeruleus)
(More cichlids?)

And the Semi-aquatics:

Pygmy hippo (Choeropsis liberiensis liberiensis)
West African black forest turtle (Pelusios niger)
White-faced whistling-duck (Dendrocygna viduata)

Along with some small wading birds


Hi I'm trying to find fish species to go with Pygmy hippo for an enclosure design. Minus the the bumblebee cichlid, are these the species you went with?
 
Hi I'm trying to find fish species to go with Pygmy hippo for an enclosure design. Minus the the bumblebee cichlid, are these the species you went with?

True big-scale tetra, Peters elephantnose fish, Redbelly tilapia, Konye, Azureus cichlid, Angolan tilapia, Aurora cichlid, Pindu, Red top Ndumbi cichlid, Congo tetra, Kenyi cichlid, Blue streak hap, Reedfish, Black Marbled squeaker, Purple cichlid, African Knifefish, Yellowtail tetra, Saddled bichir.

Along with west african black forest turtle

But keep in mind that these are kept in a very large river and only a small section of it is shared with the pygmy hippo. If I where you I'd only pick out the cichlids, tetras and catfish and leave the others out
 
Oh, yeah! I completely forgot to discuss a new part in the Outback region, The New Caledonia and Solomon islands house!

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There's three closed terrariums, and one open concept terrarium (the spiny monitor). Plus a small walkthrough aviary with birds from both regions. Animals are listed

If the Solomon island spiny monitor isn't available it'll be replaced with mangrove monitor
 

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If you want more birds for the aviary, I have some from my current fantasy zoo project

Well, it's less of a fantasy zoo and more of an as-realistic-as-possible plan that I eventually plan to send to Burgers Zoo. Apart from the Spiny monitor, all species are present in Europe and I'm posting it here to make sure they're also able to safely go together and safely go in a walkthrough
 
Guys, I completely forgot about the parking lot, gimme a sec

I also haven't added in the playground, restaurant, or emergency help signs, but I'd have to remake them fully so that'll take a little bit
 
Oh, yeah! I completely forgot to discuss a new part in the Outback region, The New Caledonia and Solomon islands house!

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There's three closed terrariums, and one open concept terrarium (the spiny monitor). Plus a small walkthrough aviary with birds from both regions. Animals are listed

If the Solomon island spiny monitor isn't available it'll be replaced with mangrove monitor

Can I get confirmation on these working out?
 
Ideal would be some surface-areas for that.

This is a bit old by now, but I did some research and found out that the Wetland aviary will be almost the exact same size as Snavelrijk in Dierenpark Amersfoort, which is 3.000 m²
 
The new "Burgers zoo project" thread will be online soon, I'll edit in the link as soon as it's on
 
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